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SPELLING, SYNONYMS AND HOMONYMS

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The secretary was confidant that she had secured the documents safely

a)

secretary

b)

confidant

c)

secured

d)

no error

2.

There was a reverend silence at the end of the choir's anthem.

a)

reverend

b)

silence

c)

anthem

d)

no error

3.

The workers protested because they were not payed their pension money.

a)

protested

b)

payed

c)

pension

d)

no error

4.

Nurses receive bouquets and complements for their rigorous hours of duty

a)

bouquets

b)

complements

c)

rigorous

d)

No error

5.

Pastors are frequently called upon to council members of their congregations.

a)

frequently

b)

council

c)

congregations

d)

No error

6.

Young people are usually adverse to accepting advise from adults

a)

adverse

b)

accepting

c)

advise

d)

No error

7.

Policemen frequently find elicit drugs hidden in passengers' luggage.

a)

elicit

b)

passengers'

c)

luggage

d)

No error

8.

Andrew was admitted to Intensive Care Unit after he had lapsed into a comma.

a)

admitted

b)

lapsed

c)

comma

d)

No error

9.

The audience was seated at seperate tables in the auditorium.

a)

audience

b)

seperate

c)

auditorium

d)

No error

10.

Susan believed that she could perceive all the wierd tricks the boys could play

a)

believed

b)

perceive

c)

wierd

d)

No error

11.

The students were cautioned not to go out too near to the broken staircase

a)

Rebuked

b)

persuaded

c)

coaxed

d)

warned

12.

1. The winds abated after the raging storm had passed.

a)

Subsided

b)

heightened

c)

raged

d)

cleared

13.

You can hurt people’s feeling by being too blunt

a)

tactful

b)

polished

c)

friendly

d)

frank

14.

Her mother was adamant in demanding that she be home by eleven.

a)

indiffereny

b)

insistent

c)

careful

d)

accommodative

15.

A bottleneck at the bridge caused a standstill in traffic in all directions

a)

congestion

b)

crossing

c)

ditch

d)

sink

16.

Orville said that he could never forget the easy camaraderie of his high school days.

a)

hospitality

b)

anxiety

c)

fellowship

d)

abuse

17.

He was fired for being derelict in his responsibilities.

a)

careful

b)

indifferent

c)

deliquent

d)

callous

18.

Paula became so deranged that she had to be institutionalized

a)

careless

b)

irrational

c)

lonely

d)

disdainful

19.

The deviant professor was forced to resign from the University

a)

boastful

b)

perverted

c)

orthodox

d)

weak

20.

Andrew became upset because the lawyer had discredited his name with

a)

questioned

b)

weakened

c)

lauded

d)

smeared

21.
Because he reads well, he will quickly notice if something doesn't look ___.
a)
right
b)
write
22.
The ___ in England is rainy much of the time.
a)
weather
b)
whether
23.
No child will be able to ___ this toy.
a)
brake
b)
break
24.
The school (principal, principle) spoke to a group of parents.  
a)
principal
b)
principle
25.
The queen will (rein, rain, reign) forever?  
a)
rein
b)
rain
c)
reign
26.
Street signs are written with __________ letters.
a)
capital
b)
capitol
27.
_____ going to take care of all of these puppies?
a)
whose
b)
who's
28.
What word would go best in the sentence " I didn't want to _____ the children when we were shopping."
a)
dessert
b)
desert
29.
Doctor’s offices are filled with many sick _____.
a)
patients
b)
patience
30.
There are many hazardous work conditions if you work as a...
a)
miner
b)
minor